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A GOOD FRIDAY DEVOTION by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL

First Line: LO, EVEN NOW, THE SKY'S FAR RIM
Last Line: FOREVER MORE 'TIS EASTER MORN.
Subject(s): EASTER; GOOD FRIDAY; HOLIDAYS; HOLY WEEK; JESUS CHRIST = SUFFERING & SACRIFICE; MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN - BIBLE; THE RESURRECTION; VIRGIN MARY;

Lo, even now, the sky's far rim,
By seraphs flecked and full of song;
Darkness and silence were not long;
The end of woe has come for Him.

O Mother! Look unto the dawn;
Draw out the sword that pierced thy heart;
He has fulfilled the cruel part;
Forever more 'tis Easter Morn.



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